Railway-tie.



'Ai T..- S'PEARS. r RAILWAY TIE AYPLIOATION FILED 00T.2, 1911.

' Patented Feb. 4', 19113;

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fnnirnn snares rarest ALFRED '3. SEPEARS, OF GKLAHGMA, CKLAHUMA.

RAILWAY-TEE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED T. SjeEAns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of ()klahoma and State ofOklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, andexactdescription, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

AILObjSCi] of the invention is to lessen the cost and increase thedurability of the rail- Other ohjects fand advantages of the inyentionwill be set forth in the ensuing description; Y

Referring to drawings :-Figure l is a fragmented plan view of a rail-waytrack, with the improved tie in use, Fig. 2 is a sectional ViB'W takenon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged planview of a clip orclamping-plate for holding the rails down. Fig. 4 is an elevation viewof the clip or clamping-plate 4 in Fig. 3.

Referring to the several figures, in all of which like characters ofreference designate like parts, the improved tie consists, in part, oftwo separated sections 6 of suitable inaterial preferably concrete onaccount of its cheapness and durability. One section 6 of the tiesupports one of the track rails 7, and the opposite section the otherrail.

In further completing the tie, a strap-iron bar 8 rests with its endsupon the sections 6 and under the track rails 7. Each section 6 of thetie has bolts 9 embedded in it and projecting from its upper face, thesebolts passing upward through the strap-iron bar 8 on each side of therail 7. To hold the rails 7 in place on the bar 8, each bolt 9 has aniron. clip or clampingplate 1O slipped over it, each side face of theclip having an outwardly-projecting lip 11 adapted to project over thebase 12 of the rail; and these clips are helddown tightly by nuts 13which are screwthreaded to the bolts 9. In order to adjust the clips 10to rail bases 12 of different widths, each of the four side faces of theclip is provided with an outwardly projecting lip 11, and no two of saidfaces are the same distance from the bolt hole in said clip. The lips 11of two adjacent side faces of the cli 10 project from the lower portionof said faces, while the lips of the other two side faces project fromtheir upper portion, this arrangement afiording greater Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb 4, 1-913.

Application filed October 2, 1911. Serial in. $52,419.

bearing surface of said clip on the bar 8 than if said lips allprojected from an upper portion of said side The bolts 9 have eyes lowerends, an iron rod being embedded faces.

in the tie section and extended throiwh said eyes to anchor said boltsin said sections. This rod 15 extends through substantially the entirelength of the section 6 to reinforce its strength, and other reinfordingrods 16 are embedded in the section if necessary.

. A bolt 17 is embedded in the inner end of each tie section 6 andextended up through the strap-iron bar 8, said bolt having ascrewthreaded nut 18 which down to'secure said bar to said section.

forming the tie of two separated sections, and connecting said sectionsby the elastic strap-iron bar 8, each section will settle in a lessstrained relation to its inating section; whereas a tie in one piece issoon broken at its center by being required to settle the center of theroad bed as its ends are gradually'lowered by the weight of therolling-stock.

rods embedded in the concrete blocks, up-

right bolts having the lower ends thereof formed with eyes which recelvethe reinforcing rods, the said lower ends of the bolts being embedded inthe concrete blocks while the upper ends thereof project through andabove the metallic bar, and rail engaging clamps applied to theprojecting upper ends of the said bolts for holding the track rails inposition.

Vvitnessmy hand this 11 day of April, 1911.

ALFRED T. SPEARS. Witnesses (has. 1. SMITH, JULIA V. SPEARS.

Washington, D. 0.

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